STUDENTS HELPING FOSTER STEM DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH LANARKSHIRE

Once again Braidhurst, like other North Lanarkshire schools, has embraced STEM teaching, by creating the role of senior school STEM ambassadors who recently visited Rochsolloch and All Saints primary’s DYW event, to showcase and inspire STEM in students at an early age. Their mission was to ignite the imagination of young people and nurture their talent for the long-term benefit of North Lanarkshire. The school’s two STEM ambassadors, Jenna and Chloe, are passionate about bringing gender diversity into the world of engineering, actively taking a lead role in encouraging their female peers to take an interest in the subject. Through their love of science, the two senior students have devoted their lunchtimes and evenings to lead a STEM club for younger pupils within their school where they have created a fun and welcoming learning environment. There is an emphasis on encouraging girls into STEM subjects and for them to sign up to the ‘Girl Power’ pledge via https://www.girlpowered.com/. To showcase examples of how women are changing the world, providing tools for success, and enabling comfortable environments where the confidence and abilities of all students can flourish.